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Chapter 170 I Want to Try My Skills
Tanchun was not as cheerful as Xichun, nor did she have a purpose to go out like Yingchun. She also decided to stay in the mansion and accompany Yingchun through these two difficult days.
The maids in Lixiangyuan got two cowhide water bags from somewhere, filled them with hot water, and placed them one in front and one behind Yingchun to warm her body and relieve her pain.
Even though Yingchun had always been strong, she had no choice but to bend her back and lie on her side on the kang in the pain of the cramps. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she snorted from time to time, obviously in great pain.
As the weather warmed up, the chimney of Daiyu's main room was blocked. But because of Yingchun, it was reopened. In addition, Daiyu was out, so the people in the courtyard were very busy.
Even so, the people in the small kitchen did not forget to keep boiling water ready for Yingchun.
Xiu Ju carefully carried a bowl of brown sugar water and walked into the inner room, where she saw Si Qi sleeping on the kang. Ying Chun's forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
She put the tray on the small table, and without bothering to wake Siqi, she took out a cloth to wipe Yingchun's sweat. She touched Yingchun's forehead and was relieved after confirming that she did not have a fever.
She leaned over to Yingchun's ear and whispered, "Girl, get up and drink the brown sugar water. You will feel better after drinking it!"
Yingchun opened her eyes dazedly and drank a large bowl of brown sugar water with Xiuju's hand. She didn't think much of this kind of thing at first, but she didn't expect that after drinking it, she really felt much more relaxed and her strength gradually recovered.
Her eyes flashed, and she decided that after this menstrual period was over, she would ask the pavilion to help find a reliable doctor to treat her.
She won't allow herself to have such weakness!
Yingchun came back to her senses and caught a glimpse of Siqi standing beside the kang. The gloom in her eyes grew thicker.
At the same time, Daiyu was sitting in the carriage, swaying, making her a little drowsy.
Lan Rui suddenly came in from outside and instantly dispelled Daiyu's sleepiness.
"How's it going? Did you give the food to Okra?"
"I gave it to her! Qiu Kui has always been reliable in doing things. There will be no accidents if I leave it to her!" Lan Rui answered happily, as if she was praising herself.
Daiyu felt relieved now.
Lixiangyuan has Nanny Gu in public and Qiu Kui guarding in secret, so she doesn't need to worry about the safety of the courtyard when she goes out.
As for Daiyu herself, even if Lan Rui used all her strength, it would be difficult to shake her. She really wanted to meet someone who was looking for trouble, so that she could have a chance to test her skills.
During the day, Daiyu obediently performed rituals in Hongji Temple. But late at night, she visited all the top escort agencies in the capital.
She also had some evil tastes, and wanted to use these small flaws to bring some sense of urgency to the people in the escort agency: every time they visited an escort agency, they would deliberately change the positions of those martial arts secrets or account books, in order to let people notice these subtle changes.
In one night, Daiyu and Lan Rui visited eight escort agencies in a row. Later, Lan Rui realized what Daiyu had done.
She asked in confusion: "Girl, why did you do this on purpose? Wouldn't they notice someone was here?"
Daiyu's mouth, hidden under the veil, curled up slightly, and she answered in a low voice: "I just want them to have a sense of crisis, so that they won't always be so self-righteous and think they are invincible. The world is not peaceful now, so if they practice more kung fu, they can live longer."
As she spoke, she jumped onto the highest point of a mansion and looked towards the direction of the palace. She felt eager to try it: the collection of books in the palace would surely allow her to earn a lot of points!
But Daiyu never fights a battle without preparation, so this matter needs to be planned slowly. At the very least, she needs to ask Gu Ma to draw a map of the palace.
Along the way, every time she passed a mansion, she would ask 111 to help her scan the books in the mansion.
When passing by an abandoned house, she reflexively ordered 111 to scan again. However, the result this time shocked her!
Lan Rui followed closely behind Daiyu. Seeing that she staggered slightly, she immediately increased her strength and quickly came to her side, picked up her arm, and asked, "Miss, we have been to several places in a row. Why don't we go back first?"
Daiyu waved her hands to indicate that she was fine: "I'm fine, I just found a secret room."
When Lan Rui heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and they seemed very bright even in the dark night.
She had no doubt about Daiyu's ability: even the secret entrance to the Qin family was discovered by the girl, not to mention such a long-abandoned house.
The house was not big, with only two entrances, and was located at the junction of two alleys. So it had been abandoned for so long, no one lived in it, and no one noticed it.
The room was in a mess, with torn pieces of white paper scattered on the floor, the words on them blurred and unrecognizable.
Daiyu winked at Lan Rui and walked in one direction. They came to a room that looked like a study and stopped.
The wall in the corner had collapsed in half, revealing the dark space inside.
Lan Rui looked inside in the dim moonlight: "Girl, this place is empty. Has someone got there first?"
Daiyu smiled and said soothingly, "It's just a trick. You stay here and I'll go in and take a look."
As she spoke, she jumped in, fumbled around on the wall, pulled out a few bricks, and reached in to twist them a few times. There was a sound at the foot of the wall, and a floor tile bulged slightly.
Daiyu waved to Lan Rui, pointed to the hole left by the moved floor tiles, then took out a tinder, blew it up, and threw it down.
The tunnel was not deep, but the architectural style inside made Daiyu feel as if she had seen it somewhere before.
When she saw a similar mechanism, she suddenly realized: This is too similar to the Qin family's underground palace!
There were several secret rooms on both sides of the tunnel, with many boxes stacked up inside. Daiyu knew what was in these boxes through the scanning images.
With a cold face, she quickly put all the treasures in the secret rooms into the warehouse.
Looking at the obvious traces of something on the ground, Daiyu held her breath, mobilized her inner strength, and slapped the room with one palm.
Dust suddenly rose up, erasing all traces of the boxes that had been placed on the ground. This way, even if someone discovered the tunnel in the future, they would mistakenly think it was empty.
Using the same method, after dealing with several other rooms, Daiyu supported herself on both sides of the wall and returned to the ground.
"Let's go back, we've come back with nothing." Daiyu took out a handkerchief, wiped the dust off her hands, and returned to the courtyard next to Hongji Temple with Lan Rui.
Although she looked disappointed, Daiyu was actually very happy. She just needed a place to put the boxes so that she could appreciate the treasures inside.
It's so hard to keep a secret!
After the excitement, Daiyu couldn't help but start thinking about the similarities between the two tunnels.